September 2, 2011

The California Wool Growers Association has been "the voice of the sheep industry since 1860." Recently, it honored master meat-cutter Mike Carroll, the meat department manager at the Sacramento specialty market Corti Bros.

"I've been very excited about it," Carroll said. "We went to the Pine Resort on Bass Lake near Yosemite for the banquet dinner and awards presentation."

Carroll has a remarkable assortment of lamb displayed in the cold case at his meat department. "We carry lamb from three different companies," he said. "We sell so much lamb that we exhausted the supply of one of our purveyors. She won't have any more until February, when her lambs mature."

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